Use go/ast.IsGenerated

codegen.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (t *CodeTemplate) CreateFile(filePath string, data interface{}) error {
 		code := t.Buffer.Bytes()
 
 		// Enforce code generation standard https://golang.org/s/generatedcode
-		if !GeneratedCodeRegexp.Match(code) {
+		if !isGenerated(code) {
 			return nil, errors.New("output does not follow standard defined at https://golang.org/s/generatedcode")
 		}
 

generated_ast.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//go:build go1.21
+// +build go1.21
+
+/*
+Copyright 2025 Olivier Mengué
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package codegen
+
+import (
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/token"
+)
+
+func isGenerated(code []byte) bool {
+	// Code from https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.24.5:src/go/ast/issues_test.go;l=127
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	f, _ := parser.ParseFile(fset, "", code, parser.PackageClauseOnly|parser.ParseComments)
+	if f == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return ast.IsGenerated(f)
+}

generated_regexp.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//go:build !go1.21
+// +build !go1.21
+
+/*
+Copyright 2025 Olivier Mengué
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package codegen
+
+func isGenerated(code []byte) bool {
+	return GeneratedCodeRegexp.Match(code)
+}